etd's

[Susan Kline]

At 11:00 AM 10/18/1999 -0400, jh wrote: 
>
> Mike, puh-leeze! It's not polite to talk about your colleagues on a public
> list!
>
> Besides, I plan to do something about my old 'puter, and John Musselwhite
> is planning to do something about his rusty Volvo... someday.


In Corvallis a rusty Volvo is the Vehicle of Choice. Definite cachet. 
Practically a town symbol. The Volvo dealer told me that he found out from 
Sweden that Corvallis had more registered Volvo owners per capita than 
anywhere else in North America. 

So with other status symbols, including an etd, in certain markets older 
might be smiled upon, and convey more status than shiny-fancy-new. 
Around here a Deagan fork seems to be an object of interest and approval, 
in fact. "You mean you do that all by ear?" "Yup, the old-timey way ..." 

Susan